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1894 Inveresk Parish Lore from Pagan Times
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First Edition, Illustrated, Rebound, Signed, Uncommon
An uncommon de-luxe edition signed by the author, numbered sixty on a bookplate to the front pastedown. Rebound with new endpapers.
A study of the Scottish village of Inveresk by R. M'D Stirling, which gives a fascinating insight into the manners, customs, and social condition of the Scottish people from ancient times. A contribution to local history. With information on its topography, history, antiquities.
Illustrated with eighteen full page plates. Collated, lacking the frontispiece and the plate to face p. 128 'Crest of Earl of Dunfermline,' as common in other copies. In the illustration list the plate has been corrected to indicate it to be illustrated in vignette on p. 117.
Condition
Rebound in a full cloth binding with new endpapers. Externally, lovely. With the de luxe bookplate to the front pastedown, faintly signed by the author. The title page was professionally tape repaired at its gutter. Internally, firmly bound. With some minor spotting to the first and last few leaves and some faint minor mark to the occasional page. Illustrated with eighteen full page plates. Collated, lacking the frontispiece and the plate to face p. 128 'Crest of Earl of Dunfermline,' as common in other copies. In the illustration list the plate has been corrected to indicate it to be illustrated in vignette on p. 117.
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